Can Drinking Milk Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?

24 Apr Can Drinking Milk Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?

Drink your milk, and you’ll grow up strong. At least that’s what your mom always said. But decades later, drinking your milk may help keep your brain young, according to new research published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

For the study, researchers from the University of Kansas Medical Center examined the dietary intake of 60 older adults over the course of a week. The team then performed brain scans on the participants to measure the levels of a naturally occurring antioxidant, called glutathione, floating through their noggins. It turned out, the subjects who had reported drinking the most milk had higher levels of glutathione – and possibly a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease.